Last year EL BULLI near Barcelona, previously considered the top restaurant in the world, was closed.

At the same time, Chef Rene Redzepi's NOMA in Copenhagen received every accolade in the international book of praise and soared to the No. 1 position on S.Pellegrino's World's 50 Best Restaurants list.

Then on May 18, 2012 after more than 2 years of construction, Paul Pairet in Shanghai opened ULTRAVIOLET, the new concept restaurant in Shanghai which can now prepare to become the world's top new restaurant:

Conceived by Paul Pairet for over 15 years, Ultraviolet is the first restaurant of this kind, attempting to unite food with multi-sensorial technologies in order to create a fully immersive dining experience.